Sh13b Wabigalo-Nakasongola road reconstruction starts

NAKASONGOLA residents are all smiles after the reconstruction of the Wabigalo-Nakasongola-Sasira road, which connects the district headquarters to the Kampala-Gulu highway, kicked off.

By Frederick Kiwanuka

NAKASONGOLA residents are all smiles after the reconstruction of the Wabigalo-Nakasongola-Sasira road, which connects the district headquarters to the Kampala-Gulu highway, kicked off.

The 21-kilometre road that has been in a bad state, with giant potholes, also connects to Nakasongola Airbase.

The reconstruction work is being undertaken by Energo Projekt at a cost of $6m (about sh13.8b).

The Nakasongola LC1 chairman, Robert Wasswa and James Wandira, the LC5 chairman, said motorists and taxis operating on the Kampala-Gulu highway had been shunning Nakasongola town due to the poor condition of the road.

â€œTravelling to Kampala will now be easier,â€ they said.

The Luweero district Uganda National Roads Authority station manager, Robert Lomwe, said the road has a new design to allow longevity. The work will involve reconstructing the whole sub-base and surface. The

Energo projekt also rehabilitated the 166km Kampala-Kafu road and is constructing the 44km Gayaza-Ziroobwe road.